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in reply to: ARROW SELECTION #20920
johnny,
i actually don’t know anything about carbons at this point, because i haven’t had the money to invest in exploring that area. good luck.
Michael
in reply to: eye dominant issue #20917nybubba,
my wife is right handed, but left eye dominant, and when she started shooting with a right handed bow, it was very frustrating for her. she rarely hit the target, and if she did, was still way off the mark…we didn’t know when she started shooting that she was left eye dominant. once we figured it out, we were able to find her an inexpensive leftie bow, and her accuracy increased tremendously…if you are shooting well, and are happy with your accuracy, don’t change anything….but definitely watch for the opportunity to shoot a left handed bow, and see how she feels and shoots…you might surprise yourself…good luck…
Michael
in reply to: weight tubes #19255Recurve, try a 2018 with your 125’s…that’s what I started with until I found out I was drawing incorrectly. Good luck.
Michael
in reply to: Traditional Arizona hunters #19240wouldn’t a traditional arizona bowhunter be an apache or pueblo indian? j/k…i try to be funny…but in truth, i’m just funny-looking…lol
Michael
in reply to: Wintercamp / Pics #19237Looks like fun. Wish I was set up to do something like that, but the area I live in, pretty much everything bordered by water is also bordered by a nearby road. I’d have to go for a backcountry hike-in camp, which wouldn’t be bad, but the wife would probably think otherwise.
Michael
in reply to: My favorite homemade small game arrows. #19235Looks good. Nice set-up.
Michael
in reply to: Big milestone in my life(first vehicle) #16644Chris,
The truck looks great. Congratulations. The things you mentioned that don’t work should be fairly easy to fix. Good luck. Take care of her, change the oil, and she’ll take you a long ways.
Michael
in reply to: Chundoo or Doug Fir #14840I highly doubt that I will ever manage to make a good matched set of arrows for my bow, but I think it would be fun to make a set by hand just to say “Yup, I made those. Nope, I don’t shoot them, but I made them.” Mostly I’m just wanting to see if I can do it or not, then go from there. It’s good to know that I need to make some 3/8″ blanks to start out…Thanks for the info.
Michael
in reply to: ARROW SELECTION #14832bownut…just going off of your length/weight info, consider starting with an UNfletched 2018 aluminum shaft with a 125 gr. field tip to find your spine…put the tip in the insert, and just stuff it in the end of the shaft, glue on your nock, and shoot….shoot into something that the tip will (or should) clear the back, so you can retrieve it in case it tries to pop out when you pull the arrow…cut a little bit off at a time (1/4 or 1/2 inch) until you get close to where your arrow is flying nice and straight…then start shaving less between shots…one-eighth inch, or so….these are just guidelines….some of the other guys on here know more about tuning than I do….this is just to get you started with aluminums…there are some details I may not know about…but this will give you a rough idea…good luck…
Michael
in reply to: Avatar (The Movie) and Longbows #14819open the can!! open the can!!
in reply to: Ideal Broadhead weight #14513When I first started shooting, I started with a 125 gr. two-blade on a 2018 shaft. After a couple years of very erratic accuracy, I realized that I was not drawing properly…my elbow on my bow arm was always slightly bent and always had a little bit of slack to it. Once I solidified my elbow, I found my draw length grew nearly, if not a solid inch in length. This did something I didn’t like with my arrows…I now had an underspined shaft. The only way to stiffen the spine was to shorten the shaft…one problem…my broadhead/field tip was pretty much AT the shelf, which is not a good place for it to be. I like a couple inches of shaft out in front of my fingers to keep from getting cut one way or another. Haven’t gotten cut yet, knock on wood. Anyway…my next step was to move to a heavier shaft…the next step up that was readily available was a 2117. With a 125 gr. tip, I could shoot a completely UNcut shaft, and it flew very well…these were, I believe, 34″ shafts. The nock on my arrow was even with then of my bow…too long. So I ordered some 150 gr. Woodsman heads, and bought some 145 gr. field tips and started trimming my arrows until I got good flight. I now have, I believe, a 31 1/2″ shaft with a 145-150 gr. head and aluminum inserts. My overall weight is somewhere right around 585 grains, they fly great, and I’m very confident in them. However, since I won some of Standing Bear’s broadheads in one of his give-aways, I’m going to work toward more FOC, a single bevel two-blade head, and possibly move to a carbon shaft once I have some money to play with. I would like to be over 625 grains, total weight, when I’m done, and between 16 and 20 percent FOC. These are my plans.
Michael
in reply to: 3Rivers Archery Catalog: FOC Recommendation #98693Rivers, if I remember correctly, owns the patent to the Woodsman head, so, of course, why wouldn’t they be partial to their own product? Just a thought.
Michael
in reply to: Chundoo or Doug Fir #9865A friend of mine and I cut firewood to sell, and every now and again, I’ll make him cut me out a block of wood so I can someday try and make some arrows. Haven’t gotten around to making anything yet, but still have the pieces to do so. What’s the best way to start out? The pieces I have him cut are around 40-45″ long, typically, to give myself a little extra length to play with. What’s my next step?
in reply to: Fred Bear Grizzly #9861I started out shooting, and still shoot, a 55# Grizzly, and, aside from being a one piece [a) because I can’t break it down, and b) because of hand-shock], it’s a great bow. And, in some respects, a one piece has advantages over a take-down. The energy the bow produces is stored throughout the entire bow, not just the limbs, so it gives a little more “oomph”, in my opinion. Maybe not a ton, but a little bit. Just my thoughts. But yes, also look on E-bay. Good luck and good shooting.
Michael
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